MGASA-2017-0125

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    MGASA-2017-0125

    Published: 2 May 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5029

    Summary: Updated libxslt packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Holger Fuhrmannek discovered an integer overflow in the xsltAddTextString() function in Libxslt. An attacker could use this to craft a malicious document that, when opened, could cause a denial of service (application crash) or possible execute arbitrary code (CVE-2017-5029).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0125.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20760, https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3271-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxslt

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libxslt?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.29-1.2.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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